Amnesty International has accused the Maduro regime of hunger, repression and execution of opponents in Venezuela

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of carrying out selective executions of protesters reportedly registered last month in anti-government protests.

"Venezuela is experiencing a deep crisis of mbadive violations of human rights for years, before the food shortage, drugs, hyperinflation, violence and political repressionand which have forced more than 3 million people to flee the country since 2015, "says the latest report of the famous NGO.

Amnesty International's Director for the Americas, Erika Guevara Rosas, presented in Caracas on Wednesday the results of an investigation into the violation of human rights in Venezuela, in which they found evidence arbitrary detentions, abuse of the police, extrajudicial acts, among other irregularities.

The paper concludes that Venezuelan security forces "under Nicolás Maduro's command line executed people, used excessive force, and arbitrarily arrested hundreds of them, including teenagers, as part of the attack." an escalation of their repressive policies aimed at controlling Venezuelan society ".

Between 21 and 25 January, at the beginning of the street demonstrations, which denounced Maduro as illegitimate, at least 41 people died, "all due to gunshot wounds" and more than 900 people were arbitrarily arrested., detailed Guevara.

"The authorities carried out extrajudicial extrajudicial executions as a method of social control through the Bolivarian National Police (PNB), mainly its Special Action Force (FAES), against people who have participated in one way or another in the demonstrations, "he said. report.

Amnesty International accuses law enforcement of manipulating crime scenes to portray victims as criminals.

It also notes that at least 137 children were arrested last month as part of the demonstrations and that "the authorities beat them, insulted with the terms" guarimberos "(violent demonstrators) and" terrorists "; exposing to irritants, to dream deprivation, and threatened with death ".

For the above, Guevara asked the United Nations Human Rights Council to take action to deal with "total impunity" prevailing in the country.

He also warned that the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court could examine these facts and find them substantiated, and then integrate them in the framework of the preliminary examination already under way in Venezuela.

The Venezuelan political crisis intensified last January when Maduro swore a new six-year term whose legitimacy is not recognized by the opposition and a part of the international community. The head of the Parliament, Juan Guaidó, was proclaimed president in charge, considering that the Chavista leader "usurps" the presidency.